Sustainable resource technology (SURETECH)
Karlsson, Eva Nordberg LU
and Turner, Charlotta
LU
(2012)
4th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference, NWBC 2012
p.323-324
- Abstract
We all need to contribute to a more sustainable development – a fact that has become quite clear observing extreme weathers and diminishing fossil fuel sources. In line with the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry [1], (recommending the use of safer solvents, catalysed reactions, energy efficient processes and renewable feedstocks), research within the SuReTech program aims at developing technologies for the recovery of high-value compounds from forestry and agricultural byproducts. The idea is to create value addition, by adding products to already utilized resources in line with biorefinery concepts. Extractions of antioxidizing compounds from byproducts are thus made by use of carbon dioxide and water as sustainable solvents and... (More)
We all need to contribute to a more sustainable development – a fact that has become quite clear observing extreme weathers and diminishing fossil fuel sources. In line with the 12 Principles of Green Chemistry [1], (recommending the use of safer solvents, catalysed reactions, energy efficient processes and renewable feedstocks), research within the SuReTech program aims at developing technologies for the recovery of high-value compounds from forestry and agricultural byproducts. The idea is to create value addition, by adding products to already utilized resources in line with biorefinery concepts. Extractions of antioxidizing compounds from byproducts are thus made by use of carbon dioxide and water as sustainable solvents and combined with biocatalytic conversions for the creation of compounds with desired properties. The byproducts, used as starting materials, are selected based on annual volumes from the Swedish agricultural, food and forestry industry. Substituents on the compounds are modified by biocatalysis, e.g. using thermostable carbohydrate converting enzymes selected to fit the conditions in the extraction step. The importance of combining different scientific fields to enable creativity in sustainable development is highlighted.
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- author
- Karlsson, Eva Nordberg
LU
and Turner, Charlotta
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2012-01-01
- type
- Contribution to conference
- publication status
- published
- subject
- pages
- 2 pages
- conference name
- 4th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference, NWBC 2012
- conference location
- Helsinki, Finland
- conference dates
- 2012-10-23 - 2012-10-25
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85086391737
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 91b2f649-416d-4b39-a91c-f03a8e969b3a
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title = {{Sustainable resource technology (SURETECH)}},
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